Reporter : Danika M.

Ayong
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 February 3, 1888 – Rizal sailed to Hongkong
onboard “Zafiro” and just stayed inside the
ship during its short stop at Amoy.
 February 28 – Proceeded to Tokyo .
 He lived in the Spanish legation in Tokyo upon
the invitation of its secretary, Juan Perez
Caballero.
 March 1888 – Tokyo band playing a European
music and was astonished.
 Rizal himself who was amused by the
Japanese girl who would pass by the legation
every day.
 23-year old Seiko Usui whom he found called
‘O-Sei-San’.
 Became his tour guide and sweetheart rolled
into one.
 May 16, 1888 – Onboard the ship “City of
Rome,” sailed for Liverpool.
 He boarded at the Beckett residence where
he was lovingly served by Gertrude, the
daughter of his landlord.
 June 1888 – Rizal made friends with Dr.
Reinhold Rost and his family.
 Expert in Malayan language.
 Rost had in his house a good Filipiana library.
 Our national hero was described by Rost a “a
pearl of a man”
 In London, he became the honorary president
of the patriotic society Asociacion La
Solidaridad (Solidaridad Association)
 He wrote articles for the La Solidaridad.
 10 months stay in London, he had short visits
in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona.
 In Spain, he met Marcelo H. del Pilar for the
first time.
 Del Pilar was one of the renowned members
of the Propaganda Movement along with
Graciano Lopez Jaena,Mariano Ponce and
Rizal.
 Propaganda was a patriotic socio-political
organization founded in 1872 by Filipinos who
settled in Europe.
 The Propaganda had a principal publication,
the La Solidaridad.
 Propaganda aimed to bring to Spain’s
attention the real needs of its colony.
 Propagandists specifically advocated the
recognition of the Philippines as a province of
Spain and its (Philippines) representation.
 Propaganda Movement assimilation in the
process whereby individuals or groups of
differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into
the dominant culture of a culture.
 The process of assimilating involves taking
assimilating group (e.g the colonized people).
 Rizal and Del Pilar are said to have later
abandoned the “assimilationist” stand that
either Rizal or Del Pilar was even anti-
revolutionary,
 Both Rizal and Del Pilar inspired the
establishment and mission of Andres
Bonifacio’s revolutionary society, the
Katipunan.
 March 1889 – He went to Paris.
 Rizal formed the Kidlat Clubm, a temporary
social club, which brought together Filipinos
witnessing the exposition.
 He also organized the Indios Bravos, an
association which envisioned Filipinos being
recognized for their admirable skills in many
fields.
 January 28, 1890 – Rizal left Paris.
 Rizal met and had a transitory affair with
Suzanne (called Petite) the niece of his
landladies.
 In Belgium, Rizal busied himself with writing
the Fili and contributing for La Solidaridad
using the pen names Dimas Alang and
Laong laan.
 August 1890 – Rizal traveled to Mardrid along
with his layer; Marcelo H. del Pilar.
 In 1890 – Rizal also met in Madrid the Filipino
student Edilberto Evangelista.
 Rizal counseled Evangelista to take
engineering in Belguim.
 Evangelista later finished civil engineering
and architecture with highest honor.
 Some European companies offered him
rewarding positions, but he turned them
down for wanting to serve his country.
 Rizal encountered many adversities and
tabulations in Madrid.
 Luna became Rizal’s eventual first non-
Filipino biographer.
 Rizal proceeded to take a more than a month
vacation in Biarritzm, a tourist town in south
western France.
 Arriving there in February 1891, Rizal was
welcomed as a family guest in the house of
Bousteds, especially Nellie.
 He later had a serious but failed romantic
relationship.
 In Biarritz, he continued to work on his El fili
and completed its manuscript on March 29,
the eve of his departure for Paris.
 He arrived in Brussels in April 1891
 In Brussels, Rizal revised and prepared for
printing his second novel until the end of
May.
 June 1891 – He was already looking for
printing firm to print the El Filibusterismo.
 Rizal went to Ghent in July 1891 because the
cost of printing in the place was cheaper.
 The publisher F. Meyer-Van Lao Press No.66
Street agreed to print the El Fili on an
installment basis.
 Rizal ran out of funds and the printing had to
be suspended on August 6.
 Through Valentin Ventura’s ‘salvific act, the El
Fili came off the press on Sept 18, 1891.
 October 1891 – Rizal left Europe for Hong
Kong on board the ship.
 He began writing his third (unfinished) novel.
 In Hong Kong, Jose opened a medical clinic.
 A Portuguese friend, Dr. Lorenzo Marques,
helped him to get many patrons of various
nationalities.
 March 1892 – He went t0 Sandakan (East of
Malaysia)
 Rizal left Hong Kong on June 21, 1892.
 June 26, 1892 at 7pm Rizal and his sister
arrived in Manila.
 July 3, Rizal explained the aims of the civic
association La Liga Filipina. Officers then
elected.
 Having Ambrosio Salvador as the president,
officially establishing the league.
 Just three days after the meeting. Rizal was
arrested during interview with the governor-
general.
 Imprisoned in Fort Santiago for almost ten
days.
 Rizal was brought at 12:30 am of July 14 to
the steamer “Cebu.”
 The ship captain Delgras handed him over to
the local Spanish commandant, Ricardo
Carnicero.
 That event signaled the start of Rizal’s life as
a deportee in Dapitan.
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